
Writing about the “OYAPS” (“outstanding American pianists”) who came to […]
It’s easy to hear why Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s assured compositional technique and basically dry and grim style appealed to his friend and older colleague Shostakovich, and
Naxos’ more-or-less chronological survey of Fritz Kreisler’s complete Victor and
There are two ways to look at a Total-Beethoven box
The Miró Quartet recorded Beethoven’s six Op. 18 string quartets
Writing chamber music for mixed winds with or without piano always seems to bring out the best in composers. Darius Milhaud’s busy bitonal style operates
Notwithstanding this CD’s “Forgotten Romantics” title, these three clarinet sonatas have appeared before on CD, yet it’s good to bring them together, especially with such
“The Melancholic Bach” brings together bits and pieces from Johann Sebastian’s output–excerpted, newly combined, and arranged for viola da braccio and harpsichord–which exude, more or
Now here’s an interesting marketing ploy: At the cusp of
You know that when a major label calls a box